Lamp-shade.



PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907,

'. BAUMER.

LAMP SHADE APPLIGATON'PILBD JULY 17. 1906.

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out yin the following description.

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f metal, an upper, but somewhat smaller an- UnrTnn sTaTns ieaTssT FRANCIS BAUMER, OF SYRACUSE, N EW YORK, ASSlGNOR TO THE 'il/*ILL @s ',BAUMER COMPANY,

NEW YORK.

OF SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK, CORPORATON OF LAEJlFMSHADE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June il, 190'?.

Application filed July 17,1906. Serial No. *$25,617.

To f1/ZZ whom, it 72741;'1/ concern:

Be it known that-"I, fFniiNcis BAUMER,

Syracuse, inthe county of Onondaga, in the State of'New York, have invented new and 1 useful 1 Improvements in Lamp-Shades, of l which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in lamp shades in which a conical tube of fabric, such as silk, satin of any ornamental design is permanently mounted upon and ineloses a skeleton frame of wire or other suitable materiau adapted to give the desired fornito thel "fibricfand is detachably supported within an outer ornamental skeleton frame of suitable metal which is adapted to give a pleasing appearance.

My main object is to provide means whereby shades of various ornamental designs in ay be substituted in the same supporting lfrai'ne,

with movable attachingmembers whereby the shades oi dill'erent designs may be read- Other more-specific objects will be brought In the drawingsr Figure l is a top plan of my improved shade. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar side elevation of the outer supporting frame and inner shade, the latter being shown as detached and partially withdrawn from the main supporting frame. Fig. 4 is a perspective view ,of the skeleton frame er form for the shade proper. Figs, 5 and 6 are4 sectional views taken respectively on lines As shown in the drawings, this lampshade consists essentially of a conical tubular body 1 of fabric, such as silk, satin, or other artistic or ornamental material which is permanently mounted upon a suitable form, such as a skeleton frame 2 ,adapted to give permanent form to the tubular shade 1 3 This conical tubular body and its skeleton supporting frame 2- is detaehably mounted in an outer ornamental skeleton frame 3 having the general ferm of the tubular body 1 upon which it is adapted to it and consists in this instance, of a lower annulus 4- of comparatively light sheet nulus 5 of similar metal spaced apart some distance above the annulus 4- and frame and comprises in this instance,

lower and upper wire rings Q and 10 which are tied together and held apart by wire tiereds --11 a similar, but smaller ring 12 being nested within the upper ring 10 and held in place by suitable links 13 the inner ring 1f? serving to lit' aron nd a lamp chimney to protect the shade 1 from overheating,

The tie-bars or braces 6 are secured to the rings 4 and 5 by bolts 15 which permit the parts of the shade to be readily assembled or taken apart. The bolts which are utilized to secure' the lower ends of tlietie-bars 6 to the ring lt are also used to secure to the inner face oi the lower ring a series of, in this instance three,'

comparatively light metal straps 16 which are made or bendable material having their free ends toldaolc inwardly and upwardly forming loops or retainers to receive and support the lower edge of thershade` 1 and its supporting ira-ine 2 The upper 1 ng 5 ol' the frame 3- is provided ,vitan inwardly projecting flange 17 of less inner diameter than the diameter of the upper end of the shade 1 to form a lim-A iting stop for the latter. ter of thelower ring --4 is slightly greater than that of the ring --9 or lower end of the shade 1 to permit the insertion of the `latter upwardly through the ,bottornlof the The inner diame.

frame 3 the vertical depth of the screen IOC ` leaving tree openlspace from the bottom up Afor insertion of the screen shade lm until the upperend of said shade engages the limiting stop or ila-nge ,-17'-, whereupon the tongues --`i 6 are bent by hand inwardly and upwardly against the inner face of the screen to retain thelatter in place. lf it is desired to remove the screen the tongues --i--- in be readily bent downwardly and outwardly 'to-fthe position shown by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 5, leaving ample clearance to permit the withdrawal downwardly of the screen -`lfrom the plane --4-.

'lt is new obvious that a large variety of designs or colors of the screens lmay be manufactured for each shade, that is, the screen, as --e-i--, be manufactured separately in many diijferent designs or colors, while the trames, as -#-3-, ma,r be made oi" a standard. form or size or in :dierent styles, each eguinped with the screen retain-g ing tongues er ngers -16- -so that the purchaser may select any style oi frame and f also select 'the desired style oi screen which he may desire to use with' the frame, there by a'liording a greater variety of styles or combinations from which to choose and enabling 'the purchaser to easily and quickly -assemble the two parts ioruse with the lamp'.

W hat I claim:

l. lamp shade comprising an outer skeleton trame, aninner iframe, a tubular screen :fitted upon the inner frame and movable means Lor locking the inner frame withiii the outer iraine.

2. In a lampshade, two metal rings of unequal. diameters spaced apart one above the other with. the smaller ring at the top, tie bars connecting said rings and holding them in 'lined relation. to each other, an inner skeleton 1frame iitted within the rings, but separablc tliicre'from, a conical screen iitted upon the inner frame and movable members on one of the rings for engaging and holding the inner frame in K lace.

3.' A lamps lade comprising l an outer frameconsisting of metal rings spaced apart one above the other and tie-bars holding the rings in iixed relation to each other, a conical screen tube consisting of an inner skeleton frame, .and a covering of fabric, the screen being fitted within the outer frame, but separab e therefrom, and means ,for retaining the screen in the frame.

4, In a lampshade, ah skeleton frame con-v sisting of two metal rings of unequal diameter arranged about a common axis with the smaller ring some distance above the llarger` one, a separate fabric covered-frame fitted within the iirst named frame7 tie-bars con necting said rings and bendable metal retainers attached to the lower ring and folded underthe lower edge of the fabric covered frame.

5. In a lampshade, two separable metal skeleton frames conical in general outline and fitting one within the other, a screen interposed between the frames, one of said frames eing, `provided with Ya series of inwardly '-.foldable'attaehing members for holding the other frame in operative position. Y

6. A lamp shade comprising separate inner and outer skeleton frames conical in general outline, each frame comprising a lower ring of comparatively large diameter and an upper ring of smaller diameter, with tie bars connecting' said rin s, in combination with a screen interposed etween the frames, and means for locking the frames together.

7 Alamp-shade comprising an outer skeleton frame conical in eneral outline, and an inner conical frame tted within the outer frame, a conical screen fitted upon the inner frame and benda-ble retaining elements at-v tached to thelower end of the outer frame and foldable inwardly andupwardly under the lower edge of the inner frame.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my i hand this 8th. day of July 1906.

FRANCIS BAUMER. 

